World's Oldest Cheese Found Buried with Mummies in China

Things are very different in today's world than they were 3,800 years ago, but as it turns out, people's snacking habits may not have changed too much. According to Live Science, mummies that are approximately 3,800 years old were discovered in China's Taklamakan Desert with what is now being called the world's oldest snack: some hunks of good old-fashioned cheese. Apparently the cheese was buried so the deceased would have something tasty to snack on in the afterlife. The cheese was extremely simple to make, but was also nutritious and easy to digest — despite the fact that the mummies in question never got a chance to eat the cheese.